4 WITHDRAW AS HOUSE CANDIDATES

Three Utah County Republicans and a Libertarian have withdrawn as candidates for the Legislature.

The four were facing convention and possibly primary campaigns to win their party's nomination for the respective legislative seats.Republican Harold Hawkins, Orem, has withdrawn from the race for the Utah House of Representatives seat representing District 61. Incumbent Rep. Lee Ellertson, R-Orem, remains in the race, as does his Libertarian challenger Thomas J. Swick, Orem.